1. Homelessness & Its Solutions in Bloomington

5. I thought I could do it on my own
I thought I could do it on my own. But it’s not that simple when your babies are on the line. No matter how old they are, when they’re looking at you asking, ‘What’s for dinner, mom?’ and you’re going, ‘Well...crackers and ketchup sounds good,’ that eats at your backbone a bit. When your daughter is taking a shower and says, ‘Mom, something’s coming up through the tub,’ and you have to tell her, ‘It’s okay, honey. That’s normal,’ it’s kind of hard.”

6. “I was so afraid to tell anybody that I was homeless
“I was so afraid to tell anybody that I was homeless.  You get looked down upon, because people don’t even stop to try and hear your story and understand why you’re homeless.  You’re just automatically put in that box of, ‘You’re homeless.  You’re a bad person.  You obviously did something wrong…’”

7. Homelessness in Monroe County 340

8. Chronic Homelessness 61 (18%)

9. Family Homelessness 134 (39%)

10. Veteran Homelessness 13 (4%)

11. Regional Trends

12. Out of Town
20-30%

13. Employed
40%

14. Per Capita Homelessness
Nationally: 202
Monroe County: 246
DC: 1,133 NYC: 768
Hawaii: 465

15. The Impact Of Shalom

16. THE CENTER 72,194 meals 8,752 casework counseling sessions
1,831 sleep-days
2,393 loads of laundry
158 ID’s
5,101 showers
152 people helped with prescriptions
98 people helped with insurance payments

17. HOMELESSNESS CASEWORK
249 people in 2015
69% housing
55% permanent housing

18. 48% into permanent housing
STREET OUTREACH
160 people in 2015
86% off the street
79% into housing
48% into permanent housing

19. RAPID RE-HOUSING & PREVENTION
RRH: 92 households, 183 people, including 69 children
HP: 220 households, 414 people

20. CRAWFORD HOMES Housing more than 60 individuals, couples, & families
94% Housing Stability Rate
43% Income Improvement
Near 100% Health Insurance
65% in Emergency Room Use
88% in Incarcerations

21. 783 people Housed or prevented from homelessness
GRAND TOTALS 2015
783 people
Housed or prevented from homelessness

22. Friend’s Place

23. Crawford 2

24. Thank You!!